DERZOST

COLLECTION WEDDING

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EDITION OF 8 UNIQUE CHAIRS AND A TABLE

THE WEDDING COLLECTION IS CRAFTED FROM WHITE PLASTIC, SOURCED FROM RECYCLED REFRIGERATORS. ITS SURFACE IS FINISHED WITH FIRE, SYMBOLIZING ENERGY RECOVERY. MOST PLASTICS ARE TYPICALLY INCIN- ERATED AFTER THEIR INITIAL USE, AND FOR ME, FIRE REPRESENTS POWER. ONLY HUMANS, NATURE, AND DRAGONS POSSESS THE ABILITY TO CREATE FIRE. THIS INVITES US TO REFLECT ON THE ESSENCE OF OUR OWN POWER.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS PIECE EMPHASIZES THE VALUE FOUND IN SEEMINGLY SPOILED OBJECTS, WHICH, AFTER ENDURING VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, OFTEN EMERGE WITH AN EVEN STRONGER SPIRIT. THE DESIGN OF THE CHAIR IS INSPIRED BY LORIN’S APPRECIATION FOR THE TRANQUILITY OF A JAPANESE HOUSE.

SCULPTURE “TABLE/SHELVE 01”

FROM COLLECTION “TEARDROP”

EDITION OF 2 UNIQUE PIECES

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THIS PIECE IS A VERSATILE TRANSFORMER OBJECT THAT CAN BE UTILIZED IN THREE DISTINCT VARIATIONS: AS TWO LOW TABLES, A HIGH SHELF/HIGH TABLE, OR AS AN ANGLED HOLDER FOR ITEMS SUCH AS A LAPTOP. I ENVISION IT AS ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT FOR BOTH HOME AND OFFICE WORK. YOU CAN PLACE YOUR LAPTOP ON IT, HANG A DISPLAY, OR READ A BOOK COMFORTABLY. THE FORM OF THIS PIECE IS INSPIRED BY THE CRACKS I CREATED DURING MY EXPLORATION OF MATERIALS AND FORCES. IT EMBODIES THE MEMORY OF MECHAN- ICAL ENERGY AND IS ENTIRELY NATURAL. THE DESIGN REFLECTS A SHARED APPRECIATION, WITH MAXIM PRIT- ULA AND ME, FOR THE INDIAN WAY OF LIVING—WHERE NOTHING IS PERFECTLY STRAIGHT, YET EVERYTHING COMES TOGETHER HARMONIOUSLY. IT EXUDES A SENSE OF FREEDOM AND AUTHENTICITY, ASPIRING ONLY TO PURE BEAUTY.

TO ME, THIS PIECE EXPRESSES THE FRAGILITY OF PHYS- ICAL MATTER WHILE ALSO ALLUDING TO THE FRAGILITY OF THE HUMAN SOUL. THE BREAKS IN THE MATERIAL SIGNIFY PAIN, INVITING REFLECTION AND PROMPTING THOUGHTS ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SUR- ROUNDINGS.

DERZOST IS A BERLIN BASED ARTISTIC STUDIO PRODUCING COLLECTIBLE FURNITURE AND FUNCTIONAL ART FROM RECYCLED PLASTIC.
DERZOST WORKS IN A FRAMEWORK OF TOTAL APPROPRIATION AS A CULTIVATOR OF NOWADAYS CULTURE. READ MORE